Reel Advice

[eddy]

Its that special time of year again when i turn a year older.

The Mrs is giving me some money for a new reel, so i thought i would ask for some advice.

I have ~£100 for a smb reel, i usually dont dive deeper then 35-40m and would like something which if possible would fit into my O3 drysuit cargo pocket.

I guess 100m of line would be about right..?

Any suggestions

Eddy

p.s. no one say the Scubapro Reel as i already have one and its pants, locks up, ratchet breaks, its generally dangerous!

[Woz]

NAS tekkie reel. Cheap and good and small and rather nice. You could get 2 and have enough change for a third.
Narked at 60 - Technical Dive Products – Kit that keeps up!

[Scuttler]

Don't bother with the Large McMahon. It's an unwieldy thing which is a PITA to store and if you press the ratchet release too hard it locks up!

Other than that it's not a bad reel!!!!

[Woz]

If you really have a load of money burning a hole in your pocket then get a Manta Reel. They are lovely.

[Captain Deco]

kent tooling will fill your needs. He rules. And you'll have change from £100

[DannyB]

Originally Posted by Scuttler

Don't bother with the Large McMahon. It's an unwieldy thing which is a PITA to store and if you press the ratchet release too hard it locks up!

Other than that it's not a bad reel!!!!

Unless you clip it off with the DSMBi bungied to the handle, and you put a screw in the plastic to stop the erm design feature of over pressing the ratchet locking the reel. Then it's a lovely reel :-).

uk.rec.scuba : UK Diver for details

Oh and put 100M of line on it as well, sitting in 40M with the line going at about 45 degrees and knowing there is only 50M of line on the reel was never going to be pleasant!

Danny

[colinicky]

Another vote for Kent Tooling especially as John was talking about a version with folding handle to fit in pockets

[David D]

Another vote for Manta reels. I have both the senior and junior reels.

Rock solid (life time guarantee against breakage of main components I think), line never fouls (if you treat it sensibly i.e. rewind after use).

The junior one has 50ish meters, and the senior over a 100m of line.

Unless your pocket is pretty big, even the junior won't fit in. Maybe use an out-of-the-way D-ring.

[Scuttler]

Originally Posted by DannyB

Unless you clip it off with the DSMBi bungied to the handle, and you put a screw in the plastic to stop the erm design feature of over pressing the ratchet locking the reel. Then it's a lovely reel :-).

uk.rec.scuba : UK Diver for details

Oh and put 100M of line on it as well, sitting in 40M with the line going at about 45 degrees and knowing there is only 50M of line on the reel was never going to be pleasant!

Danny

Got to say if I'm spending £40 on a reel I expect it to work straight out of the box!!! but useful link.
The whole package is still too bulky.
I'm happy to do a midwater release with a spool (keep the DSMB in the backplate pouch or my pocket).

[eddy]

Originally Posted by scubajay

kent tooling will fill your needs. He rules. And you'll have change from £100

Yeah, i've been following the thread the have on their new reel, looks lovely.

I PM'ed them a few days back from a quote but havent had a response on price yet.

Thanks for the other options though, i'll take a good luck at them all.

Cheers

Eddy